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The governor of the Bank of Canada appears to have begun a subtle shift in rhetoric that will be more evident when the central bank holds its next interest rate meeting on April 17 and releases its next quarterly Monetary Policy Report (MPR) the following day, according to Greg Anderson, a senior currency strategist at Citigroup

The Bank of Canada kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low Thursday, but surprised with slightly cheerier commentary that has economists wondering whether the central bank has brightened up enough to entertain a rate hike sooner rather than later

Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve’s youngest-ever governor and a vocal inflation hawk skeptical of recent monetary easing efforts, said on Thursday he is stepping down from the central bank’s powerful board